Sermons by Bryan Crotts (Page 74)
Whole-Hearted Thanks & Trust
Psalm 9 Okay, let’s hear from God’s word from Psalm 9. It says, I will recount your wonderful deeds. And then it says to the choir master, according to the Muth Laban, a Psalm of David, where he says, I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. When my enemies turn…
Out With the Old & In With the New
Hebrews 8 Have you noticed how religious people become obsessed with artifacts? They become obsessed with places. They become obsessed with things that they think are precious to them. Just this morning I was watching the news. Some of you may have seen this. A lady with child goes to the doctor and guess what appears in her sonogram? Nothing but the crucifix of Jesus. I mean, how amazing. We wonder sometimes where is the ark that saved Noah and…
Little Me!
Psalm 8 Let’s hear God’s Word together as we read from Psalm 8. It’s the Psalm of King David. And it says, O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have established strength because of your foes to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and…
God Gave Us His Word
Hebrews 7:20-28 If you drive through a major boulevard in a town, pick Church Street in our instance here. As you drive down that major road, you will see all kinds of places of business, all kinds of professional buildings and offices that will offer all kinds of solutions to your great problems. Maybe your outward appearance needs some help, and so you stop at the nail shop or the hair salon or the beauty supply or the drugstore. Or…
I Want Justice!
Psalm 7 Let’s hear God’s Word together as we read from Psalm 7. This is a Psalm of David and the context is when he went to the Lord concerning Cush of Benjamite. And he says, O Lord my God and you do I take refuge. Save me from all my pursuers and deliver me. Lest, like a lion, they tear my soul apart, rending it into pieces. with none to deliver. O Lord my God, if I have done…
A Better Hope in a Perfect Priest
Hebrews 7:11-25 Most churches in some hallway have a wall of fame. Or in some cases, it’s a wall of shame. But it’s a row of the pictures of the pastors who have served them. And in various congregations and church buildings, you walk down this hallway and you see pictures, sometimes many of them. and you see the years they served and maybe something about them. Well, you see also the changes in style of clothing, the changes in…
Worn Out and Weary
Psalm 6 Let’s hear God’s word together as we read from Psalm 6, verses one through 10. This is a Psalm and it says, to the choir master with stringed instruments, according to the shemana. And it’s a Psalm of David. It says, O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing. Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is…
A Refuge for the Righteous
Psalm 5 Okay, Psalm 5. This is another Psalm of King David. And he says, give ear to my words, O Lord. Consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God. For to you do I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice. In the morning, I prepare a sacrifice for you, and I watch. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness. Evil may not dwell with…
Sleeping in Peace
Psalm 4 Psalm four is a Psalm of David and let’s read it together. It says in the heading at least, answer me when I call. And then it says to the choir master with stringed instruments, a Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, oh God of my righteousness. You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and answer my prayer. Oh men, how long shall my honor be turned to shame?…
Peace When There is No Peace
Psalm 3 Okay, let’s read together from Psalm 3. We’ll read the psalm in its entirety. This is a psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. The story we just read from Samuel chapter 15. King David says, O Lord, how many are my foes? Many are rising against me. Many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. But you, O Lord, are a shield about me. my glory, and the…
Trust and Obey the Messiah
Psalm 2 Let’s read from Psalm 2 where it says why do the nation’s rage and the people’s plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel Together against the Lord and against his anointed saying let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us As we make our way through it. We’ll read little more bits and pieces as we come to them. But our title tonight, the topic…
Happy & Holy or Sinful & Miserable?
Psalm 1 You’ll notice the title of our study tonight is Happy and Holy Instead of Sinful and Miserable. And that comes right out of the children’s catechism. Adam and Eve in the garden were happy and holy. They were happy because they had fellowship with God. They had a right relationship with God. They knew his law and they obeyed it. So they were happy and holy. But what happened when they sinned? They became sinful and miserable. And…